PANJIM: Former president of Goa Cricket Association (GCA) Dayanand Narvekar has approached the High Court quashing an FIR against him in the infamous misappropriation case.
The court will hear the petition filed by Narvekar in the coming week as Economic Offence Cell (EOC) has sought time to reply. The court has asked EOC to file their reply and also produce the case diary of the case.
Advocate representing Narvekar submitted in the court that the Narvekar was not involved in the scam and was not aware about the transactions between GCA and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
He said that the transaction and correspondence between both the cricketing bodies was at the secretaries’ level.
In December 2016, the EOC had registered an FIR against Narvekarf (former GCA president), Chetan Dessai (current president), Vinod Phadke (secretary) and Akbar Mulla (treasurer) under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy for allegedly siphoning off Rs 1 crore of the GCA.
According to the police, the accused hatched a criminal conspiracy and deposited a cheque of Rs 1 crore in a fraudulent bank account and thereby misappropriated funds sent by the BCCI to the GCA 2006-07, when Narvekar was the president of the GCA, Chetan Dessai was he secretary, Vinod Phadke was the treasurer and Akbar Mulla was a member.
